Lawmakers in Harrisburg have passed the state budget for fiscal 2014-15 before the midnight deadline.

The budget was passed on a mostly partly-line vote of 108-95.

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Update: The plan was on the way to Gov. Tom Corbett's desk around 10:30 p.m. on Monday evening. He released a statement shortly after saying that he won't sign it without a public pension overhaul bill.

In his statement, the governor said:

“The budget I received tonight makes significant investments in our common priorities of education, jobs and human services. It does not address all the difficult choices that still need to be made."

Under the $29.1 billion budget plan, lawmakers plan to maneuver funds through a method called one-time transfers. Essentially, the state is planning to dig deep into its pockets and move money around from small accounts.

This plan replaced a previous plan that would have privatized state liquor stores. It does not call for any new taxes in the Commonwealth.

"One-time transfers work for this budget," said Senator Mike Brubaker (R-Lancaster County). "It's not going to work another year, another year, another year. So we can't keep doing this."

"The bottom line is we made a decision to not raise taxes on Pennsylvanians," said Alloway. "We're looking around at all of our options to make sure we fund programs that are necessary - like education."

The plan calls for about $950 million more in spending, mainly for public schools, pension obligations, health care for the poor and social safety-net programs.

Senate Democrats fear it's built on a bad foundation and say the state could face a billion-dollar shortfall in a year.

"We need to get to a point where we have sustainable, real, responsible budgets," said Senator Rob Teplitz (D-Harrisburg).